Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 82 85
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 -29
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 2,077 1,770 2,381
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.94% 3.54% 2.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% 3.97% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,445 854 1,600
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £93,634 £91,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £113,375 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,515 44,640 67,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.47% 89.25% 80.94%
Number of salaries quoted 54,079 25,322 43,171
10th Percentile £30,975 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,236 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 16 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -14 1,811 £75,000 +3.45% 1,164
UK excluding London -30 1,137 £67,500 -3.57% 537
Work from Home -14 870 £67,500 -3.57% 590
London -17 802 £85,000 +6.25% 761
North of England -40 375 £70,000 - 156
South East +29 323 £65,000 -7.14% 146
North West -44 201 £75,000 +7.14% 82
South West -21 130 £60,000 - 56
Midlands -47 107 £67,500 -3.57% 60
North East +17 97 £65,000 +18.18% 29
Yorkshire +3 77 £67,153 -4.07% 45
West Midlands -35 77 £80,000 +14.29% 40
Northern Ireland -15 66 £60,000 +33.33% 37
Wales -15 61 £65,000 +25.00% 15
East of England -41 43 £60,100 -3.84% 19
Scotland -56 34 £60,000 -22.58% 54
East Midlands -53 30 £64,000 -5.19% 20
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 41 (1.97%) Confluence
2 29 (1.40%) Apache Spark
3 18 (0.87%) Apache
4 16 (0.77%) CMS
5 14 (0.67%) IIS
6 13 (0.63%) Camunda
7 9 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 8 (0.39%) JBoss
8 8 (0.39%) OpenStack
8 8 (0.39%) WordPress
9 7 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.34%) nginx
9 7 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.24%) Drupal
11 4 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
11 4 (0.19%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.14%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.14%) GeoServer
12 3 (0.14%) Immediacy CMS
12 3 (0.14%) Kentico
Applications
1 11 (0.53%) MS Visio
2 10 (0.48%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.19%) PlantUML
4 3 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.096%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.048%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (0.29%) Oracle Retail
3 4 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.096%) Shopify
6 1 (0.048%) Eikon
6 1 (0.048%) RMDS
6 1 (0.048%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,053 (50.70%) AWS
2 882 (42.47%) Azure
3 325 (15.65%) GCP
4 270 (13.00%) Serverless
5 255 (12.28%) GitHub
6 193 (9.29%) SaaS
7 182 (8.76%) Azure DevOps
8 148 (7.13%) AWS Lambda
9 126 (6.07%) Amazon S3
10 110 (5.30%) AWS CloudFormation
11 108 (5.20%) Amazon EKS
12 104 (5.01%) GitHub Copilot
13 97 (4.67%) Azure Service Bus
14 84 (4.04%) Amazon ECS
15 73 (3.51%) GitHub Actions
16 69 (3.32%) Amazon EC2
16 69 (3.32%) Amazon SQS
17 64 (3.08%) Azure AKS
18 52 (2.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 52 (2.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.21%) Broadband
2 22 (1.06%) Network Security
3 14 (0.67%) DNS
3 14 (0.67%) MQTT
4 13 (0.63%) DMARC
5 9 (0.43%) HTTP
6 8 (0.39%) AMQP
6 8 (0.39%) Internet
6 8 (0.39%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.39%) VPN
7 7 (0.34%) Firewall
7 7 (0.34%) Hyperconnected
8 6 (0.29%) RFID
9 5 (0.24%) DHCP
10 4 (0.19%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (0.14%) LTE
11 3 (0.14%) Modbus
11 3 (0.14%) NAS
11 3 (0.14%) SAN
12 2 (0.096%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 303 (14.59%) MongoDB
2 227 (10.93%) PostgreSQL
3 198 (9.53%) NoSQL
4 168 (8.09%) Azure SQL Database
5 160 (7.70%) Elasticsearch
6 124 (5.97%) SQL Server
7 116 (5.58%) MySQL
8 97 (4.67%) Relational Database
9 70 (3.37%) Redis
10 56 (2.70%) DynamoDB
11 50 (2.41%) Amazon RDS
12 30 (1.44%) Big Data
13 18 (0.87%) RDBMS
14 16 (0.77%) Data Lake
15 15 (0.72%) BigQuery
15 15 (0.72%) Pinecone
16 12 (0.58%) Db2
16 12 (0.58%) DTS
17 10 (0.48%) Geospatial Data
18 8 (0.39%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 277 (13.34%) Git
2 189 (9.10%) GitLab
3 169 (8.14%) Jenkins
4 65 (3.13%) JUnit
5 63 (3.03%) JIRA
6 51 (2.46%) TeamCity
7 47 (2.26%) Cucumber
8 40 (1.93%) Cypress.io
8 40 (1.93%) Mockito
9 33 (1.59%) Claude Code
10 31 (1.49%) Maven
11 25 (1.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 25 (1.20%) Selenium
12 18 (0.87%) SonarQube
13 17 (0.82%) CircleCI
14 15 (0.72%) Postman
14 15 (0.72%) Spock
15 14 (0.67%) JMeter
15 14 (0.67%) REST Assured
16 12 (0.58%) Vite
General
1 524 (25.23%) Finance
2 417 (20.08%) Social Skills
3 216 (10.40%) Public Sector
4 184 (8.86%) Banking
5 155 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 148 (7.13%) Law
7 142 (6.84%) Analytical Skills
8 112 (5.39%) Retail
9 85 (4.09%) Legal
10 65 (3.13%) Marketing
11 62 (2.99%) Financial Institution
12 43 (2.07%) Back Office
13 37 (1.78%) Aerospace
14 30 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (1.35%) Legal Technology
16 27 (1.30%) Games
17 21 (1.01%) Advertising
18 20 (0.96%) Front Office
19 15 (0.72%) Manufacturing
19 15 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 776 (37.36%) Developer
2 495 (23.83%) Senior
3 369 (17.77%) Software Engineer
4 351 (16.90%) Lead
5 297 (14.30%) Architect
6 205 (9.87%) .NET Developer
7 184 (8.86%) Senior Developer
8 168 (8.09%) Full-Stack Developer
9 158 (7.61%) Java Developer
10 125 (6.02%) Java Engineer
11 124 (5.97%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 121 (5.83%) Senior Software Engineer
13 104 (5.01%) Solutions Architect
14 102 (4.91%) Principal Engineer
15 86 (4.14%) Software Developer
16 77 (3.71%) Lead Software Engineer
17 74 (3.56%) DevOps Engineer
18 73 (3.51%) Lead Developer
19 57 (2.74%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
19 57 (2.74%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 560 (26.96%) .NET
2 446 (21.47%) React
3 431 (20.75%) Node.js
4 356 (17.14%) Spring
5 323 (15.55%) Spring Boot
6 306 (14.73%) RESTful
7 287 (13.82%) REST
8 265 (12.76%) Kafka
9 247 (11.89%) ASP.NET
10 229 (11.03%) .NET Core
11 221 (10.64%) AngularJS
12 216 (10.40%) Vue
13 199 (9.58%) ASP.NET Core
14 119 (5.73%) Blazor
15 105 (5.06%) ASP.NET Web API
16 97 (4.67%) .NET Framework
16 97 (4.67%) HTML
17 94 (4.53%) CSS
18 83 (4.00%) RabbitMQ
19 80 (3.85%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 641 (30.86%) Cloud Native
2 361 (17.38%) Distributed Systems
3 147 (7.08%) Product Ownership
4 110 (5.30%) Legacy Systems
5 109 (5.25%) Enterprise Software
6 76 (3.66%) Onboarding
7 53 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
8 49 (2.36%) AI Agents
9 44 (2.12%) Public Cloud
9 44 (2.12%) Virtual Team
10 38 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
11 33 (1.59%) e-Learning
12 31 (1.49%) Video\Live Streaming
13 27 (1.30%) Over-the-Top Content
14 26 (1.25%) Distributed Architecture
15 25 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
16 23 (1.11%) Algorithms
16 23 (1.11%) Data Structures
16 23 (1.11%) Management Information System
17 20 (0.96%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 140 (6.74%) Linux
2 51 (2.46%) Windows
3 25 (1.20%) CentOS
3 25 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 22 (1.06%) Unix
5 8 (0.39%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.39%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.29%) AIX
6 6 (0.29%) Android
7 5 (0.24%) Debian
7 5 (0.24%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.096%) VMS
9 1 (0.048%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,092 (52.58%) CI/CD
2 983 (47.33%) Agile
3 732 (35.24%) Software Engineering
4 730 (35.15%) DevOps
5 583 (28.07%) Full-Stack Development
6 509 (24.51%) Mentoring
7 447 (21.52%) Event-Driven
8 444 (21.38%) AI
9 430 (20.70%) Containerisation
10 418 (20.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 411 (19.79%) Infrastructure as Code
12 406 (19.55%) Test Automation
13 381 (18.34%) Problem-Solving
14 299 (14.40%) Technical Leadership
15 291 (14.01%) Scrum
16 281 (13.53%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 249 (11.99%) TDD
18 232 (11.17%) Architectural Patterns
19 228 (10.98%) Clean Code
20 227 (10.93%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 695 (33.46%) Java
2 584 (28.12%) C#
3 504 (24.27%) SQL
4 482 (23.21%) Python
5 467 (22.48%) JavaScript
6 387 (18.63%) TypeScript
7 105 (5.06%) Go
8 58 (2.79%) Ruby
9 46 (2.21%) C++
10 42 (2.02%) Bash
11 39 (1.88%) PHP
12 37 (1.78%) Scala
13 28 (1.35%) PowerShell
14 26 (1.25%) Bicep
15 23 (1.11%) Kotlin
15 23 (1.11%) Rust
16 20 (0.96%) C
16 20 (0.96%) PL/SQL
17 13 (0.63%) Groovy
18 12 (0.58%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 304 (14.64%) Security Cleared
2 204 (9.82%) SC Cleared
3 189 (9.10%) Degree
4 91 (4.38%) DV Cleared
5 85 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 69 (3.32%) AWS Certification
7 45 (2.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 31 (1.49%) CISSP
9 30 (1.44%) Azure Certification
10 19 (0.91%) Master's Degree
11 18 (0.87%) CISM
12 17 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
13 14 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (0.48%) MBA
14 10 (0.48%) PhD
15 8 (0.39%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
17 5 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
17 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
18 4 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 219 (10.54%) QA
2 90 (4.33%) Accessibility
3 37 (1.78%) WCAG
4 36 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 34 (1.64%) GDPR
6 18 (0.87%) NIST
7 17 (0.82%) NCSC
8 15 (0.72%) SOC 2
9 14 (0.67%) PCI DSS
10 12 (0.58%) Data Quality
11 10 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
12 9 (0.43%) GRC
12 9 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 8 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (0.24%) PSD2
17 4 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
18 3 (0.14%) IFRS
18 3 (0.14%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 594 (28.60%) Docker
2 37 (1.78%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.24%) NDS
4 5 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.19%) Firmware
5 4 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.14%) KVM
7 1 (0.048%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 622 (29.95%) Kubernetes
2 368 (17.72%) Terraform
3 114 (5.49%) Ansible
4 93 (4.48%) Grafana
5 56 (2.70%) Prometheus
6 26 (1.25%) Argo
6 26 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
7 19 (0.91%) Puppet
8 16 (0.77%) Kibana
9 9 (0.43%) Cilium
10 6 (0.29%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.24%) Podman
12 4 (0.19%) HP Fortify
12 4 (0.19%) Packer
13 3 (0.14%) Kubeflow
14 2 (0.096%) MIIS
14 2 (0.096%) Rancher
15 1 (0.048%) Cisco CUCM
15 1 (0.048%) Fluentd
15 1 (0.048%) logstash
Vendors
1 328 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 96 (4.62%) Google
3 71 (3.42%) Oracle
4 40 (1.93%) OpenAI
5 39 (1.88%) Splunk
6 29 (1.40%) Dynatrace
7 27 (1.30%) Typelevel
8 23 (1.11%) AppDynamics
8 23 (1.11%) IBM
8 23 (1.11%) Okta
9 22 (1.06%) Databricks
9 22 (1.06%) ForgeRock
10 17 (0.82%) OneLogin
11 15 (0.72%) SAP
12 13 (0.63%) Adobe
12 13 (0.63%) Salesforce
12 13 (0.63%) SendGrid
13 12 (0.58%) ServiceNow
14 11 (0.53%) Red Hat
15 8 (0.39%) OpenText